MP claims Iraqi soldier ‘executed’ civilians in raid ‘in presence of US military forces’

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BAGHDAD - Violence continued to surge in and around Baghdad, as a Sunni member of parliament claimed that an Iraqi soldier had ‘executed’ eight Iraqis during a raid last week - ‘in presence of US military forces.’

Addressing the press, Abdel-Karim Al Samarae, member of the Iraqi Accord Front which has 44 seats in parliament, claimed that an Iraqi army soldier ‘executed eight people after blindfolding them in front of bystanders and members of the US military forces.’

‘(At least) 11 civilians were killed during the raid, which was carried out by US aircraft,’ he said.

Meanwhile, an Iraqi army general told the press Sunday that US and Iraqi forces killed around 95 militants and detained 40 others during a raid targeting terrorist bases in Balad, around 80 kilometres north-east of Baghdad.

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1. So why does the military and the US government think that if they let

Maliki and al Sadr murder all the Sunni's it will solve all their problems?

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2. it will be ethnic cleansing with US assistance if the surge is

allowed to go on.

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3. sorry- double post.... eom